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13-09-2004, 03:21 AM

(Roy) wrote:

If it only needed one
gear why do manufacturers use 4 , 5 or 6 speeds,

You obviously never used a farm tractor. You don't drive a garden
tractor like a car. The mower speed is not controlled by the
transmission. It is constant. Hence if you go too fast, the mowing
quality goes down. If you go too slow it takes too long. You select
the gear that does the best job. The other gears are for going fast
when you are not mowing like going back to the garage or going slow like
when using a snow blower.

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